PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN RATIONALE

“The Greater Toronto Area . . . is forecast to grow by 2.7 million
residents and 1.8 million jobs by the year 2031. The forecast
allocates to Toronto 20 percent of the increase in population
(537,000 additional residents) and 30 percent of the employment
growth (544,000 additional jobs) . . . This Plan takes the current
GTA forecast as a minimum expectation, especially in terms of
population growth. The policy framework found here prepares
the City to realize this growth, or even more, depending on the
success of this Plan in creating dynamic transit oriented mixed
use centres and corridors.” (Our emphasis.)
The growth management policies of the Official Plan direct growth to identified
areas on Map 2, which include Centres, Avenues, Employment Districts and the
Downtown and Central Waterfront, where transit services and other infrastructure
are available. On Map 2, the portion of the subject site fronting on Queen Street
East is identified as an Avenue (see Figure 4).
Figure 4 - Official Plan Map 2 - Urban Structure
In Chapter 2 (Shaping the City), one of the key policy directions is Integrating
Land Use and Transportation (Section 2.2). The Plan states that:
“. . . future growth within Toronto will be steered to areas which are
well served by transit, the existing road network and which have
a number of properties with redevelopment potential. Generally,
the growth areas are locations where good transit access can be
provided along bus and streetcar routes and at rapid transit stations.
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